Rep. Randall Cunningham bribery plea agreement [US DC] News
Rep. Randall Cunningham bribery plea agreement [US DC]

US v. Randall Harold Cunningham, United States District Court for the Southern District of California, plea agreement with the US Attorney, November 28, 2005 [US Representative Randall "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA); guilty plea to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion]. Read the full text of the plea agreement [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.

Eugene Debs sentenced for opposing US entry into WWI

On September 14, 1918, socialist and labor activist Eugene Debs was sentenced to ten years in prison for violating the Espionage Act and opposing the entry of the United States into World War I.

Incarcerated in the Atlanta Penitentiary, he was still there when he ran for President as the Socialist Party candidate in the 1920 election, receiving 919,799 votes. He was pardoned by President Warren Harding in December 1921. Learn more about Eugene Debs on the website of the Debs Foundation.